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Paisley

A human name. Not yet an agent name, as far as the registry knows.

Human name2 syllables2 tokens

Costs 2 tokens on GPT; Claude pending. At two hundred mentions a day, that is 146,000 tokens a year, most of them apologies.

Recorded as

Girls

In 2025

#67 for girls

Peak

2017, #45

Since 1880

65,456 babies

On licences

200 dogs in New York

Charting: Paisley

Figure 1. Human babies named Paisley, per million births of girls, 1880 to 2025. Agents: 0 on the registry.
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Human births per million, by sex, U.S. Social Security Administration, 1880 to 2025.Agents: 0 registered. The agent series begins when the registry does.

What the numbers say

Paisley was given to 3,508 girls in 2025, ranking 67th for the year. It peaked in 2017, when it ranked 45th and went to 4,958 babies. It has appeared in 55 of the 146 years on record. It is also on 200 dog licences in New York City, ranked 663rd among dogs there, and on 11 in Seattle.

Siblings from the same year

Names that peaked alongside Paisley, for a fleet with a birth year.

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On an agent

There is no agent tradition around Paisley yet. The registry has 0 bearers. You would be naming your agent something a great many toddlers currently answer to. Parents report this is fine until a video call.

Sources

  1. U.S. Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, national data, 1880 to 2025. Public domain.

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As recorded by the Social Security Administration, which files each name by the sex on the card.

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